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Message from the Artistic Director Can any of us truly say we are not haunted in some way? Here at our theatre, the hauntings are literal.

Sure, the ghost story we were once told – a caretaker’s son dying in a theatre fire – is not true; Manitoba theatre historian Reg Skene has assured us there was no such death. Yet ghosts walk these halls, shuffle papers, turn the lights on and off.

The Woman in Black takes us to another theatre, where we meet two men – one a professional actor, the other an amateur for whom re-enacting the past is a desperate form of therapy. Together, they take us through an imaginary fog, down a remote causeway to Steven Schipper

an empty, haunted house. I’ll give away no more about them or the place, but I’ll ask you to be brave in the

face of this gripping tale, and to think of this play the next time you are tempted to break someone’s heart.

For there’s another kind of haunting that has nothing to do with ghosts. It is a dredging up of the past, an endless loop in which we replay words and actions we wish we could change.

The characters in Late Company think they’ve found a way out of that cul-de-sac of regrets and if-onlys, and maybe they have. They hope an intimate dinner party – pasta with scallops, a pie from the farmer’s market, a kind of communion – will bring closure, but it could also refuel the blame they’re all trying to suppress.

Both plays wear their hearts on their sleeves, or at least show us the torn stitching where their hearts used to be. They remind us how fragile joy can be, and how a personal loss can rend the community around us. They also remind us that theatre’s power stretches far beyond beauty and delight, that pity and fear are a theatre’s greatest gifts, for they open the door to our renewal and restoration.

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Theatre Abbreviation Legend Arts Club Arts Club Theatre Company • Vancouver, BC ATF Atlantic Theatre Festival • Wolfville, NS ATP Alberta Theatre Projects • Calgary, AB BAM Brooklyn Academy of Music • NYC Bard on the Beach Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival • Vancouver, BC Belfry The Belfry Theatre • Victoria, BC Blyth Blyth Theatre Festival • Blyth, ON Broadway Theatre district • New York, NY CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Centaur Centaur Theatre Company • Montreal, QC Citadel The Citadel Theatre • Edmonton, AB COC Canadian Opera Company • Toronto, ON CS Canadian Stage • Toronto, ON Dora Dora Mavor Moore Award • Toronto, ON Drayton Drayton Entertainment • Ontario Dry Cold Dry Cold Productions • Winnipeg, MB Factory Factory Theatre • Toronto, ON GCTC The Great Canadian Theatre Company • Ottawa, ON Grand The Grand Theatre • London, ON Mirvish Mirvish Productions • Toronto, ON Moving Target Moving Target Theatre Company • Winnipeg, MB MTYP Manitoba Theatre for Young People • Winnipeg, MB NAC National Arts Centre • Ottawa, ON Necessary Angel Necessary Angel Theatre Company • Toronto, ON Neptune Neptune Theatre • Halifax, NS NFB National Film Board of Canada NTS National Theatre School of Canada • Montreal, QC Persephone Persephone Theatre • Saskatoon, SK PTAM Popular Theatre Alliance of Manitoba • Winnipeg, MB

PTE Prairie Theatre Exchange • Winnipeg, MB Rainbow Rainbow Stage • Winnipeg, MB RNT Royal National Theatre • London, England Royal Alex The Royal Alexandra Theatre • Toronto, ON RSC Royal Shakespeare Company • Stratford-upon-Avon, England RWB Royal Winnipeg Ballet • Winnipeg, MB Sarasvàti Sarasvàti Productions • Winnipeg, MB Segal The Segal Centre for Performing Arts • Montreal, QC Shaw Shaw Festival • Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON SIR Shakespeare in the Ruins • Winnipeg, MB Soulpepper Soulpepper Theatre Company • Toronto, ON Stratford Stratford Festival • Stratford, ON SummerWorks SummerWorks Theatre Festival • Toronto, ON TA Theatre Aquarius • Hamilton, ON Tarragon Tarragon Theatre • Toronto, ON TBTR Theatre by the River • Winnipeg, MB TC Theatre Calgary • Calgary, AB TNB Theatre New Brunswick • Fredericton, NB Toronto Free Toronto Free Theatre • Toronto, ON TPM Theatre Projects Manitoba • Winnipeg, MB TSO Toronto Symphony Orchestra U of M University of Manitoba U of T University of Toronto U of W University of Winnipeg VP Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company • Vancouver, BC West End Theatre district • London, England WJT Winnipeg Jewish Theatre WSO Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra YPT Young People’s Theatre • Toronto, ON zone41 zone41 theatre • Winnipeg, MB

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THE WOMAN IN BLACK

Winnipeg’s Haunted Houses

BY MATTHEW KOMUS

The story of The Woman in Black is centred around a haunted house. This should not come as a surprise as houses are the favourite location for ghosts to haunt. Stories of haunted houses have been with us for thousands of years.

Authors Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King rely on the haunted house as a setting in their books. There are countless television shows and movies where the characters end up in a haunted house. The reason for so many haunted houses is that a spirit needs a connection to the place it haunts, and home is where people most often have strong emotional connections. The home is where we eat, sleep, love and socialize. The houses in Winnipeg may not be as isolated or as old as those of rural England, however it does not mean the city lacks for haunted houses.

The first account of a haunted house in Winnipeg was reported in an 1882 article 8

in the Manitoba Daily Free Press. The article presents an interview with the former owner of a house on Main Street that had developed a reputation for being haunted. No ghost was seen but strange noises were often heard. The owner recalled, “I was awakened every night by some indescribable noise. Sometimes I would get up six or seven times in a night and look through the house to ascertain what caused the noise.” The owner remarked that even when Elizabeth Jane Maria, the cat, was locked up, the noises were still heard. The possible reason provided to the paper for the spooky sounds was the house had been built over a burial ground. The home was eventually relocated, bringing an end to what was very likely Winnipeg’s first haunted house.

If old homes are likely to be haunted then it is only logical the oldest home in all of Winnipeg, Seven Oaks House, has its own spirit. Completed in 1853, Seven Oaks

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Seven Oaks House PHOTO: ARCHIVES OF MANITOBA. WINNIPEG – HOMES – INKSTER, JOHN 10 N10593

House was the home of John and Mary Inkster and their large family. Without a doubt, Seven Oaks was one of the most impressive homes in the Red River Settlement. Designed in the Georgian style, the two-storey home boasted nine rooms. In 1958 the house opened as a museum.

Paranormal events have been taking place at Seven Oaks for many years. A former neighbourhood resident recalls back in the 1950s hearing the property’s caretaker talk to her father about how spooky the place was. The caretaker said he was often scared at night because of weird sounds he heard in the general store and sometimes in the main house. He could hear chains dragging across the ground and the sounds of horses neighing, even though the farm was long gone. In the former general store he would find objects moved around without any explanation. On a few nights he even saw a ghostly woman march/april 2015

wandering the property. It was, however, not the woman that most unnerved him.

What really spooked him was the night he heard a bloodcurdling scream. The caretaker said it sounded like the scream of someone dying in battle. Unfortunately for the frightened caretaker, he heard the scream a number of times. It should not be surprising that Seven Oaks House is haunted as the house was built on the site of the Battle of Seven Oaks where 22 men were tragically killed.

Seven Oaks is not the only haunted house connected to a tragic historic event in Winnipeg. A Tudor Revival mansion located in Crescentwood is said to be haunted. The luxurious house was home to Mark and Mary Fortune and their children.

On January 8, 1912, the Fortune family departed Winnipeg by train, heading to New York and then off to Europe for a grand holiday. By all accounts they had an excellent trip but there was one

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Fortune House PHOTO BY MATTHEW SINCLAIR

strange occurrence in Cairo. The story is recounted in Titanic – The Canadian Story. It was a very hot day and Mark Fortune’s daughter Alice decided to go outside to the veranda and sit in the shade next to the Nile River. She was sitting on the veranda enjoying what little breeze there was when an old man wearing a fez emerged from the crowd. He called Alice over to the railing where he took her palm in his wrinkled hands and proclaimed, “You are in danger every time you travel on the sea, for I see you adrift on the ocean in an open boat. You will lose everything but your life.” She gave the man a few coins and he disappeared back into the crowd.

This strange meeting unnerved her but she didn’t give it much thought as the family continued on with their travels.

and it took much convincing for Mary and her daughters to board a life boat. Mark Fortune and his son Charles remained on board.

Even after boarding the life boat, Mary and her daughters were sure they would soon be back on board, or in the worst case scenario, the ship would stay afloat long enough for everyone to be rescued.

By 2:20 am, the impossible occurred as the Titanic sank into the cold North Atlantic, taking the lives of 1,500 people.

Floating in the lifeboat, hearing first screaming and then complete silence, Alice realized how prophetic the Egyptian fortune teller had been. Her father and brother both perished and their bodies were never recovered.

By the time the family reached Paris they were all ready to head home. Tickets were purchased on what was considered the most luxurious ship ever built. The Fortune family was heading for home on the maiden voyage of the Titanic.

Now residents of the Fortune home hear heavy footsteps walking up and down the hallway. When they go to see who is making the sound, no one is ever found.

The belief is the ghost of Mark Fortune has returned to the house he built, looking for his long-missing family.

Most passengers had already retired for the night on April 14, when the ship crashed into an iceberg. Few of the passengers thought there was any risk

These and other stories can be found in Haunted Winnipeg: Ghost Stories from the Heart of the Continent by Matthew Komus (Great Plains Publications, 2014).

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Director’s Notes BY ROBB PATERSON “I didn’t believe in ghosts.”

Thirty-six years ago, my wife Heather and I were on our honeymoon in the Whiteshell Mountain district of New Hampshire. We were staying in an enormous, vacant ski chalet as it was autumn and ski season had yet to start.

The first night we were there, I was awakened at around three in the morning by the sound of footsteps walking down the hall outside our second-storey bedroom, followed by what sounded like voices coming from downstairs.

I could not get back to sleep.

I was terrified.

It was the late ‘70s, and one of the popular books of that time was Helter Skelter, the story of the Manson family murders in 1969. It was a chilling tale of things that go bump in the night, and I had recently read it – big mistake. It scared the hell out of me.

Hearing these sounds now, in this empty chalet, I was convinced the Manson family was crawling the halls looking for victims. It was irrational (they were all in jail), but my imagination took over and I didn’t sleep the rest of the night.

Two years later, I was in my first show at Royal MTC, As You Like It. During the dinner hour of our first day in the theatre, I decided to stroll onto the stage and look out at the auditorium. As a young actor, this was a very exciting experience: my first big play, in such a big theatre. As I stood in awe at the sight of the 787 empty seats, a loud, booming, disembodied voice bellowed, “Get off the stage.”

It was the sound technician, obviously, but once again, my imagination took over and for a fleeting moment I thought to myself, “Ghost!?”

In years since, I have been told stories of a ghost named George that haunts Royal MTC. I’ve never met him, but I’ve imagined him in the theatre when I’ve been here late at night by myself.

This can be a dark, echoing, creepy place when it’s empty, late at night. Perfect fuel for the imagination.

Welcome to The Woman in Black, and theatre of the imagination. There will be many in the audience imagining all sorts of things: London fog, the marshes of northern England, graveyards, creaky trains, haunted houses and, yes, ghosts.

Good luck!

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The Woman in Black by Stephen Mallatratt based on the novel by Susan Hill March 19 – April 11, 2015 preview March 18

Director............................................................................................Robb Paterson Set & Costume Designer.........................................................Brian Perchaluk Lighting Designer...................................................................... Hugh Conacher Sound Designer................................................................................ John Bent Jr. Dialect Coach...........................................................................Shannon Vickers Assistant Director................................................ Charlene Van Buekenhout Stage Manager.............................................................................. Karyn Kumhyr Assistant Stage Manager.....................................................Michelle Lagassé Apprentice Stage Manager...................................................... Alison Fulmyk THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Kipps............................................................................................................. Eric Blais Actor.................................................................................................. Ross McMillan SETTING

A small Victorian theatre.

The Woman in Black is performed with one intermission.

The Woman in Black is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

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Artists

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Eric Blais

Stephen Mallatratt

Kipps

Playwright

ROYAL MTC Private Lives, Good People, Brief

Encounter (with VP), Looking Back – West.

OTHER THEATRE Angels in America: Perestroika (WJT); King’s Park (Moving Target); The Vertical Hour, Munsch Ado About Nothing (PTE); Proud, North Main Gothic, Age of Arousal, Stretching Hide (TPM); The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, The Odyssey (SIR); Kindness, Romeo and Juliet (MTYP); The Winter’s Tale, Troilus and Cressida (Tom-Tom Theatre).

FILM/TV The Pinkertons, Cashing In, Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story, Men with Brooms, Zooey & Adam, Falcon Beach, Northern Town, 2030 ce, Wishmaster 4.

TRAINING/TEACHING BA Honours, U of W; MFA, York University. Taught acting at MTYP and York University.

Stephen Mallatratt is best known for his television work on Coronation Street and The Forsyte Saga, which starred Homeland’s Damian Lewis, and his stage adaptation of the novel The Woman in Black. He was also an actor, appearing in Chariots of Fire and Brideshead Revisited. He died of leukemia in 2004.

Susan Hill Author Susan Hill’s writing career includes literary novels, ghost stories, children’s books, detective novels and memoirs. She has won the Whitbread, Somerset Maugham and John Llewelyn Rhys awards, as well as having been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The Woman in Black is still running in the West End and is a successful film.

Ross McMillan

Robb Paterson

Actor

ROYAL MTC The Seagull, The History of

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Manitoba from the Beginning of Time to the Present in 45 Minutes, The Constant Wife (with Citadel), in the next room or the vibrator play (with Tarragon), Travels with My Aunt, A Christmas Carol, Closer, Homeward Bound (with VP).

OTHER THEATRE Present Laughter, Measure for Measure, A Christmas Carol (Citadel); Proud, Dionysus in Stony Mountain, The Daffodil Man (TPM); Copenhagen (PTE); As You Like It, Julius Caesar (SIR); Quo Vadis, Notes from Underground (Winnipeg Fringe).

TV Ross was a regular on HBO Canada’s series Less Than Kind.

ROYAL MTC Directing credits include:

Armstrong’s War, A Christmas Story, Next to Normal, The Fighting Days, The Shunning, White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, Bleeding Hearts, Pride and Prejudice, Our Town, Trying, My Fair Lady.

Acting credits include: True West, Little Shop of Horrors, Hamlet, Billy Bishop Goes to War, A Christmas Carol – The Musical.

OTHER THEATRE Directing credits include: The Drowsy Chaperone (Globe); Oliver!

(Centaur); The Immigrant (WJT); Beauty and the Beast (2005, 2009), The King and I, Crazy for You, 42nd Street (Rainbow); Rick: The Rick Hansen Story, Seussical the Musical, Pippi Longstocking (MTYP). Other acting credits

For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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include roles at PTE, Centaur, Rainbow, WJT, Neptune, Vancouver Playhouse.

ET CETERA Robb has worked on more than 165 productions in Canada over the past 34 years.

Brian Perchaluk Set & Costume Designer

ROYAL MTC Recent and favourites: Late

Company, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, A Christmas Story, Harvey, Other People’s Money, August: Osage County, The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), The Lonesome West, Patience, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, M. Butterfly (with NAC).

OTHER THEATRE Brian’s work has been featured at theatres across the country, including two seasons each at the Shaw and Stratford festivals. Selected recent credits include: The Little Mermaid (Rainbow); The Drowsy Chaperone (Globe); Vimy (NAC/ GCTC); Vigil, Small Things, The Valley (PTE); A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold); King Lear, Fidelio (Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada); Proud (TPM).

ET CETERA Recipient of a Gemini Award for production design, and a Jessie Richardson Award and a Prix Rideau Award for outstanding set design.

Hugh Conacher Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC Cabaret, The Glass Menagerie

(2014, 1989/90), Venus in Fur, The Penelopiad, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, After Miss Julie, Macbeth (with English Suitcase Theatre Company), Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Beautiful Lake Winnipeg, A Walk in the Woods, Frankenstein: Playing with Fire.

OTHER THEATRE Hugh has collaborated

with choreographers, dance and theatre companies worldwide for over 30 years.

In Winnipeg, he regularly works with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Gearshifting Performance Works and Theatre Projects Manitoba, to name a few.

ET CETERA Hugh has expanded his lighting process to include various forms of interactive media, video and photography, as seen in Hybrid Human at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Freya Olafson’s AVATAR and HYPER_ and Peter Quanz’ Murder Afoot. His photographic work has been published throughout North America and beyond. Hugh is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

John Bent Jr. Sound Designer

ROYAL MTC More than 40 shows since 1998,

including Cabaret (2015), Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, Good People, The Glass Menagerie, A Christmas Story, Next to Normal, The 39 Steps, The Drowsy Chaperone (with TC), The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), The Syringa Tree, Fiddler on the Roof, The Rocky Horror Show (with CS), Evita (with TC), Camelot (with TC/ Citadel), King Lear, Wit. OTHER THEATRE The Shadowy Waters (Eternal Rose Theatre); The Diary of Anne Frank (Segal/Neptune); The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Keely and Du, The Heart As It Lived, Grace (ATP); Lion in the Streets (Sage Theatre); Some Assembly Required (Northern Light Theatre).

ET CETERA Two Betty Mitchell Awards (Grace, Lion in the Streets). Member of IATSE Local 63 and the Eclub. Founding member of Eternal Rose Theatre. John dedicates this show to John Bent Sr.

For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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THE WOMAN IN BLACK ET CETERA Love and thanks to my family, who

Shannon Vickers

encouraged my obsession with ghosts. Love to Kevin for his continued encouragement.

Dialect Coach

Karyn Kumhyr Stage Manager ROYAL MTC Private Lives, Sherlock Holmes

and the Case of the Jersey Lily, Good People, The Secret Annex, Venus in Fur, Gone With the Wind, August: Osage County, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Top Girls, Steel Magnolias.

OTHER THEATRE Voice/Text/Dialect Coaching: DAI (Enough) (WJT); Village Wooing (zone41); Bingo! (PTE); The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz (TPM); The Merry Wives of Windsor (SIR); Fen (Sarasvàti); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CS).

TRAINING/TEACHING Shannon earned an MFA in Theatre Voice Pedagogy at the University of Alberta. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Winnipeg and is a certified Associate Teacher of KnightThompson Speechwork.

Charlene Van Buekenhout Assistant Director

ROYAL MTC Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice,

Bleeding Hearts.

ROYAL MTC A Christmas Story, Ed’s Garage,

Next to Normal, The Shunning, Steel Magnolias, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, Bleeding Hearts, Pride and Prejudice, Fiddler on the Roof, Our Town, The Tempest, Driving Miss Daisy, The History of Manitoba from the Beginning of Time to the Present in 45 Minutes. Assistant Stage Manager: A Christmas Carol, The Foreigner, Doc. Crew: The Gin Game, Thimblerig, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Tempest (1981), Side by Side

by Sondheim.

OTHER THEATRE The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Grand); Anne & Gilbert (The Guild, PEI); Rick: The Rick Hansen Story, Frog and Toad, Invisible Girl, The Happy Prince (MTYP); Altar Boyz, The Secret Mask, The Fly Fisher’s Companion, Here on the Flight Path, Unity (1918) (PTE); Molière, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (ATP); The Woman in Black, The Gin Game (Valley Summer Theatre); Bump, Snow Dance (Ship’s Company Theatre); Urinetown (Dry Cold); The Drawer Boy (ATF).

OTHER THEATRE Recent (selected) credits:

Stripped-Down Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (SIR); Blithe Spirit, Lulu: A Monster Tragedy, The Skriker, Jumpers (Echo Theatre); The Paper Bag Princess and More, Love You Forever and Other Stories (PTE).

FILM/TV Lanfeust Quest, Kung Fu Dino Posse, The Green Squad, The Magic Snowflake (daCapo), Juliacks’ Architecture of an Atom, Guy Maddin’s The Saddest Music in the World.

TRAINING BA (Hons.) Theatre, U of W.

Michelle Lagassé Assistant Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC Stage Manager & Assistant

Stage Manager (selected): Harvey, Miracle on South Division Street, A Few Good Men (with Citadel), Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Romeo and Juliet, After Miss Julie.

OTHER THEATRE Stage Manager & Assistant Stage Manager (selected): Noises Off (Citadel);

For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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Harvest, The Dishwashers, Till It Hurts, Burnin’ Love (PTE); White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Proud, Sargent and Victor and Me (TPM); 10 seasons with the Shaw Festival.

TRAINING National Theatre School of Canada, Banff School of Fine Arts, the University of Winnipeg.

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Fidelio, La Bohème, Don Pasquale (Manitoba Opera); The Miser of Middlegate (zone41/ TPM); The Little Mermaid, The Producers, Mary Poppins (Rainbow); A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold). Assistant Stage Manager: Ordinary Days (Winnipeg Studio Theatre/Angelwalk Theatre).

TRAINING University of Winnipeg Department of Theatre and Film, with a Theatre honours degree in Stage Management and Production (focus on Properties).

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JEAN MURRAY – MORAY SINCLAIR THEATRE SCHOLARSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS FUND Make an investment in the future of theatre

During the run of The Woman in Black, Royal MTC asks for your support to assist post-secondary theatre students and emerging artists who are looking to gain experience in their profession. Following intermission, ushers will come around to collect donations for the fund, which has provided over 800 awards to more than 400 Manitobans.

The Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair scholarships provide funding to students attending theatre schools or university theatre programs, and who intend to pursue a career in theatre; the apprenticeships

provide paid work-experience positions to emerging professionals who have completed post-secondary training and are looking for opportunities to gain experience in professional theatre. Last season, your donations allowed us to offer scholarships to 13 students, and apprenticeships to seven emerging professionals. Thank you for continuing to support up-and-coming Manitoban artists!

For more information on the Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Theatre Scholarships and Apprenticeships, or for an application package, please visit royalmtc.ca/scholarships

Ksenia Broda-Milian was a recipient of a Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair apprenticeship this season, and worked as the Apprentice Set & Costume Designer on Cabaret. Ksenia has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Winnipeg, and will begin a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Alberta this fall. She shares what your support has meant to her:

Apprenticing is an amazing way to get practical experience. In my experience, few people who finish their undergrad design degree are immediately hired for a professional show. Working on a show at the professional level is a very different experience than university, and simply being in the environment is enlightening. Everything that goes onstage, down to the handkerchief in an actor’s pocket, is approved by the designer and director to represent their vision. As design apprentice, I help to facilitate communication between the designer and the production team, particularly when the designer is doing both sets and costumes and needs to physically be in wardrobe fittings often. What my role is really depends on the show and the designer – as apprentice, I’ve drafted furniture, designed posters for set dressing and pulled props. I’m there to assist the designer in whatever way possible, and learn on the job. The designers and crew members I have worked with at Royal MTC have always been willing to answer my questions and go above and beyond in explaining to me the details of their process and I feel that my apprenticeships have really prepared me to work professionally.

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EXPLORE MORE THE WOMAN IN BLACK Written in 1983, The Woman in Black has inspired a number of adaptations on TV, film and radio. The stage play began as a low-budget Christmas show and went on to become the second-longest-running play in the history of London’s West End. Don’t let the chills of a good ghost story end at the theatre, though – there’s plenty more to explore at the Winnipeg Public Library.

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Susan Hill’s eerie 1983 novel The Woman in Black will accompany our production. The book club will meet on April 11 at 2 pm in the Royal MTC Library (on the second floor of the John Hirsch Mainstage). Meet fellow enthusiasts and immerse yourself in the world of the story! RSVP your interest to jcheslock@RoyalMTC.ca.

Royal MTC/MBA Lawyers Play THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

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Setting the Stage

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Jordan Tannahill: Theatre’s Boy Wonder BY GLENN SUMI He’s won every major theatre award in the country, runs an alternative arts space and is politically engaged. What will Toronto’s stage wunderkind do next?

The future of Canadian theatre is pouring me a cup of tea.

It’s the morning after a drag event at Videofag, the multimedia performance space in Kensington Market where Jordan Tannahill, along with William Ellis, curates, organizes and acts as post-show bartender.

(The two, although no longer partners, live there, too.)

Tannahill and I are in the kitchen, talking over the sound of drilling and hammering as indie theatre artists walk in and out.

Books and art paraphernalia are strewn everywhere. A Dora Award that he won for his play rihannaboi95 leans amiably between a pot of dried-up flowers and a second-hand lamp.

accepting the Governor General’s Award in Ottawa for his collection of monologues, Age of Minority.

“It immediately made me think a lot about the notion of the artist as puppet,” he says over tea. “There’s the image of me, receiving money from and shaking the hand of the Governor General, who’s the living embodiment of colonialism in Canada. It’s problematic.

“And then there’s Thomas King, a First Nations person, getting this award beneath a 12-foot portrait of the Queen. To what extent do these things compromise our integrity as artists, and to what extent are we used by these institutions to buttress their legitimacy? That’s a lot to unpack.”

“I came out of the bathroom this morning in a towel and people were loading lumber into the front room,” he says, chuckling.

“Somebody had crashed on the couch after the performance and was taking off makeup and adjusting a wig.”

Just a typical morning for the winner of the Governor General’s Award for English language drama, one of his several recent accolades, which included the John Hirsch directing award and rapturous praise in many year-end best lists.

A lot to unpack? You bet.

The 20-something Tannahill is preternaturally articulate and speaks in a rapid-firingneuron way that would seem pedantic if he didn’t look a little bashful at the time and have the ability to laugh at himself.

Mid-sentence he’ll often stop, rewind and rephrase what he’s just said to put it in proper context. He doesn’t leave any modifier, or idea, dangling.

When I congratulate him, he modestly talks about being honoured to be able to make the kind of work he wants to make in Canada, and speaks up for artists who are on the margins and not usually up for such awards.

If 2014 was a good year for him, 2015 promises to be even better. Along with a collaboration with Toronto Dance Theatre’s Christopher House, Tannahill is working on two gigs that should bring his work to bigger and broader audiences.

Then he tells me about the surreal experience of seeing Facebook photos of himself

First up is the World Stage season opener, a remount

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Setting the Stage of Sheila Heti’s once-thought-unproduceable play All Our Happy Days Are Stupid, which had people lined up around the block when Tannahill directed it initially in November 2013.

“What was interesting was that it wasn’t just about mounting this script,” says Tannahill. “Something had to be worked out in the staging of it, a kind of authoring process. A conventional production process wouldn’t have served the play – having conservatory-trained actors with a rigorous workshop and

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dramaturgical process would kill the spark and unconventional, off-kilter, comedic quality of the piece.”

So he cast a collection of his and Heti’s friends and colleagues who weren’t traditionally associated with capital-T theatre, including indie musicians, comics and writers – people, says Tannahill, “who understood and could embody Sheila’s wry off-beat comedic sensibility, and also embrace the idea of the amateur.”

Performed in the narrow Videofag space, the show was a

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Setting the Stage low-fi delight, a Jamesian fable that took on the feel of a 2D storybook come to life, full of artifice appropriate to the material.

The World Stage remount will be bigger, says Tannahill, but he’ll maintain the vibe of the original, which he likens to Waiting for Guffman meets Robert Wilson.

“It’ll still have a strings-showing feel, but it will be on a larger canvas, which will suit it because it’s a sprawling ensemble piece,” he says. “And I think the fullness of Sheila’s aesthetic world will reveal itself.”

Two days after the World Stage run wraps, the entire team heads down to New York City for a production at the legendary Kitchen, one of the birthplaces of performance art and an obvious precursor to artist-run, interdisciplinary spaces like Videofag.

You can’t get more urban than Kensington Market or Chelsea. So it’s a surprise that one of Tannahill’s creative obsessions is the suburbs. His company is called Suburban Beast, and some of his best-known plays are meditations on their meaning: Post Eden, a multimedia look at love, death and animals in Richmond Hill, and Concord Floral, created with Cara Spooner and Erin Brubacher, a retelling of Boccaccio’s Decameron set at a real-life abandoned greenhouse in Vaughan.

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“I grew up in an Ottawa suburb, and the experience left a deep imprint on me. I think the suburban experience has defined the 20th and 21st century sensibilities,” he says. “The suburbs are this threshold between the wild and the civilized, the perimeter of the city where you meet the forest and the farmland.

“As we’ve seen in recent municipal elections, there’s a tension between suburbanites and city-dwellers,” he continues.

“The suburbs aren’t working. They’re not the American Beauty white Wonder Bread neighbourhoods depicted in the ‘50s and ‘60s. They’re the most socio-culturally diverse areas of the city. And they’re much more interesting.”

For Tannahill, growing up in the suburbs allowed him access to the sublime.

“There was fear, beauty, death, sexuality, queerness,” he says. “These things were part of my suburban experience, and I’ve wanted to present a more textured, nuanced version of that.”

Tannahill moved to Toronto in the late ‘00s to attend film school at Ryerson, where one of his lecturers was vérité legend Michel Brault – fitting, since there are documentary-style elements in many of Tannahill’s works. Two of the moving

Playwright’s Notes BY JORDAN TANNAHILL I have immense empathy for the characters in Late Company. Being a parent in the 21st century isn’t easy. There is far from any consensus around some of the most difficult questions they face. Whose domain is it to supervise the cybersphere? Theirs?

Their children’s teachers? How much space should one give a child? When should one approach their child about their sexuality? About withdrawn behaviour or depression?

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Setting the Stage monologues in Age of Minority involve the stories of real queer youths, army deserter Skyler James and East Berlin teen Peter Fechter, who was killed trying to climb the Berlin Wall. The other, rihannaboi95, was inspired by the sissy boy YouTube phenomenon and each performance was live-streamed to viewers.

With hands in both film and performance, he’s well aware what each medium does well.

“The advent of film and the internet reminds us what theatre does best: this live exchange, the bringing together of people in a room to work through questions, the unlimited potential of any given moment.”

Tannahill isn’t after naturalism or verisimilitude onstage, although his award-winning play Late Company – inspired by the bullying and suicide of Ottawa teen Jamie Hubley – is a traditional well-made play.

That work, which has been produced across the country, was fuelled by a sense of anger at political spin.

“The stories about Hubley were less about the tragedy of his death than the reaction by the federal Conservative government to release an It Gets Better video in which 15 straight MPs stared earnestly into the camera addressing the presumably queer

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young viewer that it got better,” he says in a stream of invective. “They completely missed the point of Dan Savage’s original campaign, which was for queer adults who had endured this kind of crap to reach a place of self-actualization or acceptance as adults.

“It felt so cynical and hypocritical, especially when so many MPs were actually voting against legislation or funding that would support programs or resources to help LGBT youth.”

He’s also working on Botticelli in the Fire and Sunday in Sodom, a double bill about pleasure throughout history for Canadian Stage’s 2015/16 season. He’s been given mostly carte blanche by artistic director Matthew Jocelyn.

“That’s the greatest gift a playwright could ask for,” he says. “My friend Cynthia Ashperger says you should be driven by curiosity, not ambition. That’s so true. The second you lose the thread of why you’re making theatre, why we’re in this impossible field, you’ll lose your way and the work will suffer. You’ll suffer.”

Reprinted from NOW Magazine (Toronto).

Act too soon and it may push them further away; wait and it may be too late. How well can we ever really know our children? And what responsibility do we have for each other’s children? Those of our neighbours, those of strangers. There are many questions this play does not have the answers to. But perhaps by asking these questions together, we can begin a necessary discussion. march/april 2015

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Restorative Justice & Late Company

BY KAREN RIDD “Now lie down on this plinth while we cut out your heart” – michael shaun-hastings in late company

Late Company opens with Michael and Debora ShaunHastings, parents who are enduring the unthinkable: the death of their child.

As the mother of Daniel McIntyre-Ridd, the Winnipeg teenager playing Curtis Dermot, I wonder how this play will affect me. Will I be pulled to defend him? Be horrified by him? Hold him accountable or excuse him? And I wonder – how will my response be affected by my work as an academic and practitioner in the field of Conflict Resolution Studies? (In reading the script with Daniel, I remarked that the play could have come with a warning subtitle: Why an Experienced Third Party Can be Really Helpful or Never Try This at Home.)

Restorative justice has been a hot topic in the news recently; in late December, Dalhousie University attempted to promote a “restorative” process for dealing with the offensive Facebook page set up by male dentistry students.

I’m frustrated that by apparently not responding to the needs and voices of all the victims, what Dalhousie has proposed doesn’t fulfill the requirements

for restorative justice, thereby misleading people about restorative justice and its potential for transformation.

Howard Zehr’s groundbreaking book Changing Lenses outlines the principles of two very different paradigms – Restorative and Retributive Justice. Zehr suggests that the two different approaches to justice ask (and answer) very different questions. He summarizes these as the following: retributive justice (exemplified in the mainstream legal system) asks “What rule was broken?”

“Who broke it?” and “What [penalty] do they deserve?” Restorative justice, on the other hand, frames crime as a breakdown of right relationship. This is not a new approach: as Manitoba’s Aboriginal Justice Inquiry (AJI) pointed out in 1991, this is similar to the traditional practices of many indigenous peoples. The questions asked by restorative justice would include “Who has been harmed?” “What do they need?” and “Whose responsibility is it to fill that need?”

In Late Company, we see the courageous search for an alternative, for a piece of resolution, for something restorative.

In his classic book The Sunflower, Simon Wiesenthal tells a story from his own life

Has the story of Late Company stuck with you?

On Saturday, March 14 at 5 pm, please join Karen Ridd, Chris Freeman and Megan Bowman for a discussion on conflict resolution and the use of mediation in cases involving violent crimes. Learn more about the idea of restorative justice, practical examples of its use, and how the process works in real life.

This discussion will take place at the Tom Hendry Warehouse after the matinee performance. All are welcome to attend.

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Curtain Calls experience. Wiesenthal was a concentration camp inmate forced to work as a hospital orderly. A dying young Nazi army officer summoned Wiesenthal to his bedside where he disclosed details of his participation in horrific actions against Jews, and asked Wiesenthal to forgive him. Wiesenthal ultimately refuses, citing, among other things, the inability to forgive on behalf of others. If that is indeed true, is ‘forgiveness’ even possible in Late Company? Can there be restoration or healing without it? In this situation, what would you do? These are some of the questions that Jordan Tannahill also poses for us.

Manitoba is a particularly appropriate place to be asking these questions.

Innovative sentencing circles have been created in communities like Hollow Water and St. Theresa Point. Onashowewin

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uses restorative justice with Aboriginal youth. Winnipeg’s Mediation Services is the longest-standing centre of its kind in Canada. Menno Simons College, the Canadian Mennonite University and U of M’s Mauro Centre all have academic programs in conflict resolution.

Winnipeg is a place where the ShaunHastings of the world have resources to which they can turn for help. Though lacking this kind of resource, Debora and Michael Shaun-Hastings still clearly feel the pull of restoration and seek to forge, stumblingly, bravely, new forms of ‘justice’ that might, just might, transform.

Karen Ridd is an Instructor in the Conflict Resolution Studies program at Menno Simons College, a College of the Canadian Mennonite University affiliated with the University of Winnipeg.

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Late Company

by Jordan Tannahill March 5–21, 2015 preview March 4

Director........................................................................................ Steven Schipper Set & Costume Designer.........................................................Brian Perchaluk Lighting Designer.................................................................Randy Zyla Harder Sound Designer........................................................................... Michael Wright Fight Director.......................................................................Jacqueline Loewen Apprentice Director...............................................................Teri-Lynn Friesen* Stage Manager..................................................................................Leslie Sidley Apprentice Stage Manager.....................................................Holly LaJambe THE CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Tamara Dermot.................................................................................Sharon Bajer Debora Shaun-Hastings........................................................... Terri Cherniack Curtis Dermot.................................................................. Daniel McIntyre-Ridd Michael Shaun-Hastings.............................................................Doug McKeag Bill Dermot...........................................................................................Cory Wojcik SETTING

Winnipeg, present day.

Late Company is performed without an intermission.

Late Company was first produced in 2013 by Suburban Beast and surface/underground theatre in the SummerWorks Performance Festival (Toronto).

Late Company is presented by special arrangement with Marquis Entertainment.

Special thanks: Dr. Michael Eleff

*Position funded through the Jean Murray – Moray Sinclair Theatre Apprenticeship Program

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Artists Sharon Bajer Tamara Dermot

ROYAL MTC Sherlock Holmes and the Case

of the Jersey Lily, The Seagull, A Christmas Story, The Penelopiad, August: Osage County, Top Girls, Steel Magnolias, Humble Boy, Of Mice and Men (with Citadel), Six Degrees of Separation (with CS), Angels in America, The Good Sisters (Les Belles-Soeurs), Our Country’s Good, Romeo and Juliet (TFYA).

OTHER THEATRE The Secret Mask, Here on the Flight Path, Marion Bridge, Liar, Zadie’s Shoes, The Edible Woman, Walking on Water, Marvin’s Room, The Stone Angel (PTE); Urinetown, Company (Dry Cold); Molly’s Veil, Boeing-Boeing (Festival Antigonish); Footloose (Rainbow); The Weir (Belfry/ Western Canada Theatre).

TRAINING Studio 58, Michael Langham Workshop in Classical Direction (two seasons, Stratford Festival). Director-in-Residence (Rainbow Stage 2014).

ET CETERA Sharon is the playwright of Molly’s Veil, Burnin’ Love and Hersteria and a member of the PTE Playwrights Unit. Thanks to Ken and Jane Nattrass! sharonbajer.com

Terri Cherniack Debora Shaun-Hastings

ROYAL MTC The Seagull, Other People’s

Money, Gone With the Wind, Romeo and Juliet, Calendar Girls (with Mirvish), Strong Poison, The Price, Pride and Prejudice, The Importance of Being Earnest, Our Town, The Dresser, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Philadelphia Story (with TC), King Lear, The Crucible, Season’s Greetings, Homeward Bound (with VP), Dancing at Lughnasa (with NAC), The Miracle Worker, The Heidi

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Chronicles (with Mirvish), The Attic, The Pearls & Three Fine Girls, None is Too Many (with WJT), Waiting for the Parade.

OTHER THEATRE In Winnipeg: Blithe Spirit (Echo Theatre); The Swearing Jar, The Savannah Disputation, Glorious, Having Hope at Home, Copenhagen, Love and Anger, All Fall Down, The Fighting Days (PTE); StrippedDown Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors (SIR); Social Security, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Crossing Delancey (WJT); The Colour of Vowels, Cruel and Unusual Punishment (TPM).

Terri has worked at theatres across the country from Vancouver to Halifax.

FILM/TV Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story, Category 7: The End of the World, Haunting Sarah, Everybody’s Doing It, Hell on Heels.

TRAINING Graduate of U of W, U of M and the National Theatre School of Canada.

Daniel McIntyre-Ridd Curtis Dermot

ROYAL MTC A Christmas Story.

OTHER THEATRE Much Ado About Nothing,

As You Like It, The Tempest (Knavish Hedgehogs); Romeo and Juliet (upcoming), Cymbeline, Henry V, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night (Such Stuff Players); The Devil and Anton Chekhov (MTYP).

FILM/TV Steel (Paradigma Entertainment); Deep End, Stars (Black Kite Entertainment); Sarah, Manatees of the Assiniboine (Omand’s Creek Films).

TRAINING Melanie Whyte (voice); Mariam Bernstein (acting); Lori Stefaniuk (screen).

ET CETERA Daniel would like to thank everyone who ever helped him with acting, his soccer coaches for being so understanding, and especially Steven and his fellow cast members for this amazing opportunity.

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Doug McKeag

Jordan Tannahill

Michael Shaun-Hastings

Playwright

ROYAL MTC True West; Evita, Little Shop of

Cory Wojcik Bill Dermot

Jordan Tannahill is a playwright, theatre director and filmmaker. In collaboration with William Ellis, Jordan runs the alternative art-space Videofag out of a defunct barbershop in Toronto’s Kensington Market. His plays have been presented across Canada, and his films have been exhibited at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the British Film Institute. Jordan received the 2014 Governor General’s Award for Drama for his book Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays, the 2014 John Hirsch Prize for directing and a 2013 Dora Award for rihannaboi95, a play performed over Internet live-stream. He has upcoming productions at the National Arts Centre, the 2015 Pan American Games and Canadian Stage. His production of Sheila Heti’s All Our Happy Days Are Stupid recently enjoyed sold-out runs at Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage and The Kitchen in New York City. He teaches at the National Theatre School of Canada and his book Theatre of the Unimpressed will be published by Coach House Press in April 2015.

ROYAL MTC Miracle on South Division Street,

Harvey, August: Osage County.

OTHER THEATRE The Producers, The Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins (Rainbow); A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold); Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (White Rabbit Productions); Jabber, The Big League (MTYP); Strike! The Musical (Danny Schur).

FILM/TV The Pinkertons, Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story, Wild Cherry, Less Than Kind.

TRAINING BA from the University of Winnipeg Department of Theatre and Film; B.Ed from the University of Manitoba.

ET CETERA This summer, Cory will be appearing in Rainbow Stage’s production of West Side Story. Love to Heather and the boys!

Steven Schipper Director

ROYAL MTC Over 35 productions, including:

The Glass Menagerie, Gone With the Wind, The Drowsy Chaperone, Fiddler on the Roof, the world premieres of Maureen Hunter’s Atlantis, Mark Stein’s Mating Dance of the Werewolf, Olaf Pyttlik’s The Wave and Bruce McManus’ A Christmas Carol, and the Canadian premieres of Quills, Proposals and Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

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JORDAN TANNAHILL PHOTO BY LACEY CREIGHTON

Horrors (both with Theatre Calgary).

OTHER THEATRE God of Carnage, One Man, Two Guvnors, Enron, The Drowsy Chaperone, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (TC); Arcadia, The Optimists, Glengarry Glen Ross (Theatre Junction); Amadeus, Toad of Toad Hall (ATP); A Man of No Importance, Follies (Dry Cold); Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (White Rabbit Productions); Footloose (Rainbow); The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Vertigo Theatre); Into the Woods (Citadel); Little Mercy’s First Murder (Vertigo/Ground Zero).

ET CETERA Doug won a Betty Mitchell Award for his portrayal of an early-onset Parkinson’s patient in The Alan Parkinson’s Project. He produces family concerts for symphony orchestras that appear around the globe.

Artists

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OTHER THEATRE Theatres across the country

and the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura, California.

TRAINING McGill, Bishop’s, National Theatre School of Canada.

ET CETERA In 2000, Steven conceived and directed Ross McMillan’s The History of Manitoba from the Beginning of Time to the Present in 45 Minutes, an award-winning play that tours Manitoba high schools. He has directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream with theatre students at the University of Winnipeg, Les Misérables at Balmoral Hall Senior School and Little Red Riding Hood with members of the Aboriginal Arts Mentorship and Training Program in the 2011 Winnipeg Fringe Festival. In 2007, Steven received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Winnipeg, and, in 2012, was appointed to the Order of Canada.

Brian Perchaluk Set & Costume Designer

Randy Zyla Harder Lighting Designer

ROYAL MTC Assistant Lighting Designer:

Gone With the Wind. Royal MTC/MBA Lawyers Plays: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Legally Blonde: The Musical, The Mousetrap.

OTHER THEATRE Avenue Q (Winnipeg Studio Theatre); Return of the Dead, Saute, Pudya (Nafro Dance); The Merry Wives of Windsor, Othello (SIR); Talk, Speed-the-Plow, Cherry Docs (WJT).

TRAINING Randy is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg Department of Theatre and Film.

Michael Wright Sound Designer ROYAL MTC Private Lives, Armstrong’s War,

ROYAL MTC Recent and favourites: The

Woman in Black, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, A Christmas Story, Harvey, Other People’s Money, August: Osage County, The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), The Lonesome West, Patience, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, M. Butterfly (with NAC).

OTHER THEATRE Brian’s work has been featured at theatres across the country, including two seasons each at the Shaw and Stratford festivals. Selected recent credits include: The Little Mermaid (Rainbow); The Drowsy Chaperone (Globe); Vimy (NAC/ GCTC); Vigil, Small Things, The Valley (PTE); A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold); King Lear, Fidelio (Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada); Proud (TPM).

ET CETERA Recipient of a Gemini Award for production design, and a Jessie Richardson Award and a Prix Rideau Award for outstanding set design.

The Secret Annex, The Seagull, Venus in Fur, The Penelopiad, August: Osage County, The Fighting Days, Romeo and Juliet, The Seafarer, Looking Back – West, Top Girls, Rope’s End, Fully Committed, The Last Five Years, Cherry Docs.

OTHER THEATRE North Main Gothic, The Monster Trilogy, The Elmwood Visitation, Age of Arousal (TPM); Everything is Coming Up Roses (Gearshifting Performance Works); Something Drastic, Puppet Munsch (PTE); Macbeth (SIR); Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival); Hedwig and the Angry Inch Atrocity Tour 2004 (Rose Tinted Productions, UK).

FILM The Last Harvest, Métis, Métis Not, Dead Mothers Kitchen Floors, Dust.

ET CETERA Michael is active in the music world with over two dozen album credits and is a member of IATSE 63.

For a complete list of theatre abbreviations, please refer to legend on page 4

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Artists Jacqueline Loewen

Leslie Sidley

Fight Director

Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC Fight Director: Private Lives,

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, A Christmas Story, Gone With the Wind, August: Osage County, Romeo and Juliet, The Seafarer. Actor: Top Girls. Assistant Director: Other People’s Money.

OTHER THEATRE Selected fight directing: Tosca, Carmen (Manitoba Opera); Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Taming of the Shrew (SIR); All Restaurant Fires Are Arson (PTE).

TEACHING Jacqueline has taught stage combat at MTYP and PTE, and assistant taught at the U of W. ET CETERA Jacqueline is very pleased to be working with both Royal MTC and such fine performers.

Teri-Lynn Friesen Apprentice Director

ROYAL MTC First engagement.

OTHER THEATRE Apprentice Director:

Mary Poppins (Rainbow). Director: Annie Jr. (Masterworks Studio). Actor: The Cherry Orchard (TBTR/Little Echo Theatre); Young Innovators Lab (Nightwood Theatre); The Forks and the Road (Theatre of the Beat); Mother Mine (Winnipeg Fringe).

TRAINING Directors Lab North 2014; U of W BA (Hons.) in Theatre Performance.

ET CETERA Love to Chad. Thanks to family and friends for your support!

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ROYAL MTC Stage Manager: Cabaret, Venus

in Fur, The Melville Boys (tour), Wingfield On Ice (tour), Looking Back – West, Bad Dates (tour). Assistant Stage Manager: Jane Eyre, Gone With the Wind, Grumpy Old Men: The Musical, White Christmas, Pride and Prejudice, Fiddler on the Roof, Educating Rita (tour), Guys and Dolls (with TC/Citadel).

OTHER THEATRE Select credits: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, Mary Poppins, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Annie, Footloose, Cats, Rent (Rainbow); Vigil, Social Studies, The Swearing Jar, Glorious!, Moonlight and Magnolias (PTE); Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice (SIR); The Forbidden Phoenix (MTYP).

Artists TRAINING Graduate of Sheridan College and

member of CAEA. ET CETERA Love to Sean, who is sometimes late, but always good company.

Holly LaJambe Apprentice Stage Manager

ROYAL MTC Cabaret, Venus in Fur. OTHER THEATRE Holly has stage managed

for the University of Winnipeg, the Fire and Water Music Festival, Sarasvà ti Productions and the Gilbert & Sullivan Society multiple times. She has also stage managed for the U of M’s Opera Theatre School tour, Girls Only productions and has apprenticed with WJT and Theatre Projects Manitoba.

TRAINING Holly is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg with a triple honours in History, Production and Stage Management. She has also completed the

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requirements for a BA in Acting and a specialization in Costuming.

ET CETERA Holly is very happy to be apprenticing with Royal MTC again.

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DONOR SPOTLIGHT: Gary Hannaford & Cathy Rushton “Royal MTC is a gem. We are always impressed with the quality of its productions, including the directing, acting, set designs, costumes, sound and lighting.”

– royal mtc donors gary hannaford and cathy rushton Gary Hannaford and Cathy Rushton were first charmed by the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre 20 years ago following a move from Toronto. Although they have many reasons for attending live theatre, Gary and Cathy especially enjoy how plays ignite great conversation: “We subscribe to the Saturday afternoon performances at the Mainstage and Warehouse. Afterwards we go out for dinner and discuss the show at length.”

In addition to being subscribers, Gary and Cathy are loyal donors. They make contributions annually, have donated to the Endowment Fund and attend both the Lawyers Play and the Black & White

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Ball. They also became Founders’ Circle members about five years ago by leaving a gift to Royal MTC in their will. These theatre lovers donate because they know subscriptions only cover a small portion of the costs associated with creating theatre.

“High-calibre productions are expensive.

If we want to continue seeing quality plays at affordable prices we need to contribute what we can to help,” says Gary.

Gary understands the financial balancing act performed by Royal MTC because he served on the Board of Trustees from 2002 to 2013, including a term as the Chair. He says part of Royal MTC’s success stems from the strong leadership at the Board and

Tom McCamus and Bethany Jillard in Gone With the Wind. PHOTO BY BRUCE MONK

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1 Tracy Dawson and Brandon McGibbon in The Boys in the Photograph. 2 The cast of The Penelopiad.

3 Martha Henry and Sharon Bajer in August: Osage County. 4 Tracy Penner, Philippa Domville, Jennifer Villaverde and Sharon Bajer in Top Girls. PHOTOS BY BRUCE MONK

management levels and appreciates how well they work in partnership. Gary is also impressed with the hundreds of talented Royal MTC volunteers who contribute to the theatre’s success by generously donating their time.

After 20 years of enjoying plays at Royal MTC, Gary and Cathy find it difficult to single out just one highlight. Cathy loves the moment when the set is first revealed to an audience. Some of her favourites include the grassy slide for The Heart of Robin Hood, the tropical hotel setting of The Night of the Iguana and the southern grandeur of Gone With the Wind. She also enjoys edgy performances at the Tom Hendry Warehouse such as August: Osage County, The Penelopiad and Top Girls. As well, Gary and Cathy enjoy meeting the actors and artistic teams at various events.

Gary met Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben march/april 2015

Elton during Royal MTC’s run of The Boys in the Photograph and, in 2011, they had the pleasure of hosting the cast of Calendar Girls for a Director’s Circle event.

Through these experiences, Gary and Cathy have learned how significant Royal MTC is to the city and to the province. “We’ve never attended a performance where we didn’t see someone we know. Royal MTC is part of what makes Winnipeg a great city.” While an upcoming move back to Ontario will mean less Winnipeg theatre for this couple, their planned gift recognizes the important role Royal MTC has played in their lives. “We want Royal MTC to continue to exist long after we are gone so future generations can enjoy live theatre just like we have. Being a member of the Founders’ Circle is how we could help make that happen.”

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Supporters Many thanks to our donors who gave a gift between December 1, 2013 and February 13, 2015 DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE HERO • $6,000+ Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* & Michael Paterson The Albert D. Cohen Family Ted & Ruth Northam

BENEFACTOR • $2,000–5,999 Leah Bjarnarson & Robert Malech Morley* & Marjorie Blankstein, CM, OM, LLD J.W. Burns, OC Kerry Dangerfield* John F. (Jack) Fraser* James R. Gibbs Sylvia Guertin-Riley Rita Gunn* & Greg Mason Camilla Holland† & Colin Viebrock Investors Group Matching Gift Program Ms. Maureen E. Jay Andrew & Wendy Jensen Derek & Mary Johannson John Kearsey* Terry Klassen Dr. P. Kmet & Mr. B. Roslycky Dr. Douglas MacEwan In memory of Liam Murphy – Leigh Murphy The Michael Nozick Family Foundation Cam & Carole Osler Donna & Bill Parrish Hartley & Heather Richardson Sanford & Deborah Riley Triple A Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Anonymous

LEADER • $1,500–1,999 Gus* & Diane Campbell David Christianson & Vera Steinberger Dave* & Barb Christie Neil & Carol Duboff Cheryl Dyck & Carl Duerksen Tony* & Jennifer Fletcher Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Elba Haid & Lara Secord-Haid Gary Hannaford* & Cathy Rushton Margaret Houston Robert B. & the late S. June Jackson David & Diane Johnston Kevin & Els Kavanagh

Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers Bill & Shirley Loewen Elizabeth Marr & Nick Slonosky Jim* & Penny McLandress Mr. & Mrs. Lawrie & Fran Pollard Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Derek Riley Steven Schipper, CM† & Terri Cherniack Maitland & Pat Sundmark Sonya & Scott Wright Richard L. Yaffe* & John A. Statham Darcy & Brenda Zaporzan*

FRIENDS OF ROYAL MTC

MEMBER • $1,000–1,499 Dr. Jerry Baluta & Olga Kandia Jim Blanchard Sheldon & Penny Bowles Doneta* & Harry Brotchie Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Brent Trepel Tom & Louise Carson Dr. Bonnie Cham & Dr. Lorne Bellan Drs. Ernest & Anastasia Cholakis Heather Clarke* Gerry* & Chris Couture Robert* & Florence Eastwood Paulo Fernandes* Donald Fraser & Judy Little Sandy Gousseau* Mintie & Al Grienke John* & Nicola Guttormson Dr. Linda Hamilton & Cst. Grange Morrow Shayla Harapiak-Green & Patrick Green* Kevin Hines & Shelly Smith-Hines† Shawn Hughes* & Bruno Koehn Katie Inverarity† April & Diamond Kassum Laurence Katz & Zoe Kogan Gordon Keatch* Ian Kirk† Brenda* & Trevor Kriss Evan* & Susan Kuz Jeff* & Jillian Lamothe Shannon Lawton & Michael Long Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro Peter & Karen Leipsic Reginald & Judy Low Mark & Gloria Mancini Bob McNamara & Dorothy Hooper Jeffrey* & Mary Morton Drs. Ken & Sharon Mould James Nielsen Dr. & Mrs. Kieran O’Keeffe M. Plett-Lyle K. Heather Power & Harold Klause Lawrence Prout* & Lisa Gardewine Margaret Redmond* & Greg Gillis

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Mrs. Shirley Richardson Andrea* & Michael Robertson Bill & Laurie Speers* Shelley† & Mark Stroski Melinda Tallin† & Glen Mitchell Leslie John Taylor Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Jim & Jan Tennant Marcel Van Woensel Joan Wright Anonymous

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ENTHUSIAST • $500–999 Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Robert & Joy Antenbring Archie & Jo-Anne Arnott Margaret & Jim Astwood Mrs. Phyllis Barich & Mr. Helmut Epp Bruce & Shelley Bertrand-Meadows Ron Blicq Helga & Gerhard Bock Todd Bourcier Cathie & Brian Bowerman James A. Bracken In memory of Pak-Wai Chan – Calvin Kim Saul Cherniack & Myra Wolch Haderra & Mark Chisick Don & Elfie Elias Lawrence & Brenda Ellerby Shannon Ernst Gregg & Mary Hanson In memory of Kristin Dawn Hanson – Brian & Dawn Hanson Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Guenter & Crystal Jochum Hon. Justice William Johnston Fern Karlicki Pat & Jim Ludwig Peter & Maureen Macdonald Mr. G. Markham N. Marr Mr. Gerry Matte & Mrs. Lydia Surasky-Matte Irene & the late Claire Miller Vivienne Nickerson Richard & Bonnie Olfert Linda & Wayne Paquin Donna Plant Iris Reimer Charles & Naida Rubin Melanie Sexton† & Ian Walsh Al* & Virginia Snyder Debbie Spracklin Linda Thomas Eric Turner †Current Royal MTC staff

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Supporters Carol & Hugo Unruh Margaret Wikjord Winfield Developments Canada Dorothy Y. Young 2 Anonymous

SUPPORTER • $150–499 France Adams & Stephen Brodovsky Pat & Bob Adamson Anthony & Marilyn Alexander Dawn Andersen Judy & Jay Anderson Bernice Antoniuk Donald Aronovitch Ian Backus Ken Ball & Karen Turner Larry Beeston & Anna Sikora Joan Bender Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Bergbusch Mark Bernstein Lino Bettencourt Tyler Birch Denise Bonner Dr. Elizabeth Boustcha Morva Bowman & Alan Pollard Don & Cheryl Breakey Billy Brodovsky & Libby Yager Sheila & David Brodovsky Miriam Bronstein Susan Brownstone Brock & Thomas Brock

Valerie Buchanan Donna Byrne Kevin Cadloff & Susan Hunt Carol Campbell & Andy Krentz Don & Carolyne Campbell Ken & Elizabeth Carroll Lawrie & Bea Cherniack Mr. David Cheyne & Mrs. Audrey Miller-Cheyne Agnes & John Collins The Colquhoun Family Pamela & Andrew Cooke In memory of Malcolm Coombs – Beverley & David Kawchuk Joyce Cooper Martin & Gail Corne Ted & Margaret Cuddy Ellen Curtis J. Dale Dr. & Mrs. James Dalton Donna Daman Ms. Linda Daniels J. Dawson John & Heather Diamond Faye Dixon Pam Dixon Dr. Sheila Domke & Stephen Ross Adam Dooley & Lynn Billard Thomas Dooley Sally R. Dowler David Driedger

John & Ada Ducas Helene Dyck Al Dyregrov Mr. & Mrs. William Easton Dr. Micheal Eleff & Chana Thau Mr. & Mrs. John & Martha Enns Selma Enns Linda Ferguson Robert Filuk Douglas Finkbeiner Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Finnbogason Gayle Fischer Marcia Fleisher Chris Freeman Arnold Frieman Menno H. & Jolanda Friesen Colleen & Dan Furlan Dr. Jonathan Gabor & Tia Metaxas Mr. & Mrs. R. Gallant William S. Gardner Lynne & Lindsay Gauld E. George Dr. & Mrs. Ron & Denise George Rick & Patti Gilhuly Ms. Heather Gillander Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori Jeremy & Maureen Gordon Dr. & Mrs. W. Gordon Barbara Goszer Donald Graham Kari Hagness†

TAX TIPS & ESTATE PLANNING INFORMATION SESSION presented by: Christine Van Cauwenberghe, Assistant Vice-President, Tax & Estate Planning, Investors Group location: McNally Robinson Community Classroom, 1120 Grant Avenue Sunday, May 3, 2015, 2:30pm

Light refreshments available. Limited Seating.

For more info or to register contact Heidi at 204 954 6412 or hstruck@royalmtc.ca

Supporters Heather & David Hallatt Gregory & Heather Hammond Sylvia & Doug Hannah Bruce & Judy Harris Sandra & Hans Hasenack Teresa A. Hay Andrea Hector & Kirk Dellebuur Cathy Hobday Mr. Dennis Hodgkinson Jennie Hogan Gary Hook & Charmine Lyons Frank & Donna Hruska Dan Ilchyna G.C. Irwin-Kilfoyle Rudy & Gail Isaak Marlis & David Jacobson Rhea & Dave Jenkinson Lynne Jentsch Claire & Gerald Jewers Garth Johnson Lisa Johnston Katherine Jordan & James Tam Claudette Journe Dr. Leonard Kahane Dr. & Mrs. A. Kati Dr. & Mrs. Philip Katz Donald & Sheila Keatch Judith Kendle M.J. King Paula Klan Myron & Marion Klysh Paul Kochan Madeline Kohut E. Koop Gloria Koop David & Denise Koss Holly Kotowich Bill & Evelyn Krahn Lorraine Kraichy Katarina Kupca Teena Laird Deanne Lander Dr. Patricia Landolfo Robert E. Leask Ellen & Stewart Leibl Kathy & Saul Leibl Tim & Kate Letkemann Carol & Clifford Levi Wendell & Eleanor Lind Wayne Loeppky Dr. Simon Lucy Dr. Sora Ludwig & Dr. Brent Schacter Sofia Lukie Dr. & Mrs. Ted Lyons Burton & Mary Lysecki Mr. & Mrs. E.R. MacDonald John MacDonald Sharon M. Macdonald Dennis MacKay, QC & Annette Stapenhorst Cam Mackie & Doris Mae Oulton

Wally Mah Phil & Miriam Maltz Family Fund Elaine & Neil Margolis Agatha Massey Nicola Matthews Marjorie & Robert McCamis Julia & Don McInnes Mr. & Mrs. Campbell McIntyre Greg & Gloria McLaren Michael & Debra McMullen Barb Melnychuk Albert Metcalfe Mel & Pippie Michener Jim & Karren Middagh Grant Mitchell & Catherine Lambeth Dr. Catherine Moltzan & Paul Brault Marc Monnin & Donna Miller Ray Montague Vera Moroz Bill Muir Ken & Suzanne Munroe Marika Nerbas Edwin & Pat Nicholls Robert Nickel Helen Norrie Deborah & George Nytepchuk Joanne Olchowecki Truus Oliver Murray Palay & Ivy Kopstein Heather & Harry Panaschuk Terry Panych Dr. Philip Pass Beverly Pavlek Louise Pelletier Ron & Anita Perron B. Peterson & S. Slonosky Wayne Piett Donna Platt Ms. Karen Dawn Power Maureen Prendiville & Paul Jensen Bob & Linda Preston Ms. Judith Putter Vivian Rachlis Rudy & Audrey Ramchandar Angeline Ramkissoon Dr. Martin Reed & Joy Cooper Vance Rehill Mr. & Mrs. William Reynolds Joyce Rich Dr. & Mrs. J. Richtik Ricou-Manfreda Tony Robbins Jane Robinson Mrs. Linda Robinson Mr. Robert Rogers Sheryl Rosenberg Craig Russell & Janet Shaw-Russell Elizabeth Russin Michael T. Ruta Morley & Shirley Rypp Cheryl Samson-Siemens & Gordon Siemens

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Shona Scappaticci Barbara Scheuneman Jack & Regina Schipper Hans & Gabriele Schneider Dr. Meir Serfaty & Bonnie Talbot In memory of Sybil Shack for the benefit of Royal MTC – Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Dr. & Mrs. A.M. Shojania Margaret & Paul Shuckett Shayna & Merrill Shulman Meera Sinha Jeff Sisler & Cathy Rippin-Sisler Jennifer Skelly† & Family Chad Smith Mrs. Lorraine Smith Deanne Spiegel Frits & Joan Stevens Jacqueline St. Hill Yvonne Stier Heidi Struck† Richard Swain Mr. & Mrs. Paul Swart Ross & B.J. Taylor Karen Tereck Marilyn Thompson Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Phyllis A.C. Thomson Mary E. Tibbs Mitchell D. Timmerman Malcolm & Shirley Tinsley Norma Toews W. Tretiak & B. Baydock Dr. Stephen Tritt & Dr. Sharon Goszer-Tritt Terry Tully Susan Turley Grant Tweed Robert Tyler Suzanne Ullyot Patricia Van Doninck Fran & Bob Vannevel L. Joy Viberg Irv & Toby Vinsky Dr. & Mrs. M.B. Vodrey V. Stirling Walkes Sherry & Bob Ward Vanessa Warne Peter & Joan Washchyshyn Deanna M. Waters Al & Pat Wherrett Florence & Donald Whitmore Murray & Nancy Wiegand Trevor Wiens Peter & Elizabeth Wijtkamp Arthur Williams Dennis & Gustine Wilton Paul & Jackie Winestock Mr. C. Winstone Dr. David Wiseman & Merilyn Kraut Harry & Evelyn Wray †Current Royal MTC staff

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Supporters Ms. Mary Zadorozny Ken & Pat Zealand 18 Anonymous

CORPORATE DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE GUARANTOR • $5,000+ Johnston Group Inc. Qualico

BENEFACTOR • $3,000–4,999 Cambrian Credit Union Gendis Inc. & Associated Corporations Maple Leaf Construction Ltd., Blake Fitzpatrick Terracon Development Ltd.

PATRON • $1,200–2,999 Accutech Engineering Inc. Assiniboine Credit Union Bison Transport, Don Strueber Blüfish Japanese Restaurant Bockstael Construction (1979) Ltd. Canada Safeway Limited Deloitte & Touche Foundation Canada George Wakefield Foods Inc., Judy Wakefield* Maxim Truck & Trailer

Ruth & Ted Northam Number TEN Architectural Group, Robert Eastwood* PRA Inc. Ranger Insurance Brokers Ltd. Royal Canadian Properties Limited Sofa Logic, Suzi Bonk* Winmar Property Restoration

SPONSOR The Asper Foundation BMO Financial Group Martha Burns Calm Air Cardinal Capital Management Inc. Carlyle Printers Service & Supplies Ltd./Canon The Chipman Family Foundation CIBC CN De Luca Fine Wines Dycom Direct Mail Services Esdale Printing Co. Ltd. The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa & Conference Centre Freeman Audio Visual Canada Deborah Gray The Great-West Life Assurance Company Investors Group

Lawton Partners MacDon Industries Ltd. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries National Leasing Planned Perfectly PwC RBC Royal Bank Relish Round Table Steakhouse & Pub Stantec Consulting Ltd. Subway Franchise World Headquarters Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP Wawanesa Insurance Winnipeg Free Press

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SUPPORTER • $600–899 Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd. Fillmore Riley LLP Intergroup Consultants Ltd. Manitoba’s Credit Unions NAV CANADA The North West Company Pollard Banknote Ltd. Fay & Max Reich

ASSOCIATE • $300–599 Cowin Steel Co. Ltd. McKenzie Convenience Store, Hyun Soo Noh Mid West Packaging Limited Mid-West Quilting Party Stuff/U-Rent-It Premier Printing Ltd.

DONOR • $150–299 DGH Engineering Ltd. Edward Carriere Leon A. Brown Ltd. MCW/AGE Consulting Professional Engineers Noble Locksmith Ltd. Patill/St. James Insurance Reitmans (Canada) Limited

TRIBUTE GIFTS Gifts received between January 15 and February 13, 2015 In memory of Robert Bury Ferguson – Virginia Martin; Marina PlettLyle; Unitarian Church Theatre Discussion Group In memory of Annice Stephens – Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* & Michael Paterson; Dr. Daniel & Georgia Klass; Marina Plett-Lyle; Leslie Smith

FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE John Hirsch and Tom Hendry shared a dream of creating great professional theatre with mass appeal. With the visionary support of Founders’ Circle members – those who have made a planned gift to Royal MTC – their dream will live on for generations to come. Thank you to our Founders’ Circle members.‡ Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* Marjorie & Morley Blankstein* Duane & Pauline Braun Terri Cherniack & Steven Schipper, CM† Kerry Dangerfield* Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard James Gibbs Gary Hannaford & Cathy Rushton Maureen E. Jay Andrew & Wendy Jensen Dr. Leonard & Hope Kahane Gordon C. Keatch* Laurie Lam† & Larry Desrochers Leona J. MacDonald Barb Melnychuk Jeffrey Morton* Heather Power & Harold Klause

ENDOWMENT FUND In Honour of Artistic Director Steven Schipper

Many thanks to the generosity of our Endowment Fund donors who gave a gift or fulfilled a pledge payment between December 1, 2013 and February 13, 2015.

Amounts are cumulative. $5,000,000+ Government of Canada/ Gouvernement du Canada Canadian Heritage/ Patrimoine canadien

$250,000–499,999 Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD* & Michael Paterson

$100,000-249,999 Morley* & Marjorie Blankstein, CM, OM, LLD Dick Bonnycastle

$25,000–49,999 James R. Gibbs J.K. May Investments Ltd. Johnston Group Inc. The Michael Nozick Family Foundation In memory of Doug Shewfelt Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass Anonymous

$10,000–24,999 The Bowles Family Gus* & Diane Campbell John F. (Jack) Fraser* Bryan Klein & Susan Halprin The Honourable Guy J. Kroft & Hester KroftCam & Carole Osler Norma Anne Padilla Lawrie & Fran Pollard Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Steven Schipper, CM† & Terri Cherniack George Sigurdson Terracon Development Ltd. Darcy & Brenda Zaporzan*

$5,000–9,999 Mr. & Mrs. Kristjan & Shirley Benidickson Margaret Caie Merv & Jan Cavers Dr. & Mrs. Farouk S. Chebib Donald Fraser & Judy Little Susan & Keith Knox Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro Garry Markham Jim* & Penny McLandress L. Blair Philpott & Tom Kynman Heather Pullan & Tom Frohlinger Wearing Williams Limited, Don & Sheila Katz In memory of Campbell Wright – Lynne Arnason Joan Wright

$2,500–4,999 Lee & Wayne Anderson Mary Campbell Esther & Hy Dashevsky* Helene Dyck Gregg & Mary Hanson Dr. Ted & Gail Hechter Margaret & Fred Mooibroek

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members †Current Royal MTC staff ‡If you have remembered Royal MTC in your will, please let us know

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Supporters Cheryl Ogaranko Dr. & Mrs. F.C. Violago Dorothy Y. Young Anonymous

$1,000–2,499 Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Jack Armstrong & Doris Quinn Philip Ashdown George Baldwin Doris & Burton Bass Arthur & Ken Blankstein-Ure The Bohm Family Sheila & David Brodovsky Paul & Doreen Bromley Carol Campbell & Andy Krentz David* & Lianne Carefoot Dave* & Barb Christie Joy Cooper & Martin Reed Pamela & Andrew Cooke Kerry Dangerfield* Bob & Alison Darling Dick & Joan Dawson Roberta Dyck Ernest Epp Michael & Lynn Evans Jean* & Dennis Giguere David & Ewhenia Gnutel John & Margaret Graham Rita Gunn* & Greg Mason Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Gary & Maureen Hunter In memory of Irene Karasick-McMurrich John Kearsey* Dr. G.H. Lawler Barbara Main Mark & Gloria Mancini Terri & Jim McKerchar Irene & the late Claire Miller Vera Moroz In memory of Liam Murphy – Leigh Murphy Lillian Neaman* Jean & Lisa Neron Myron Pawlowsky & Susan Boulter Marina Plett-Lyle Claude & Pat Precourt Ruth Simkin Bill & Laurie Speers* Frits & Joan Stevens Melinda Tallin† & Glen Mitchell Suzanne Ullyot Faye Warren Barbara & Ken Webb Richard L. Yaffe* & John A. Statham Dr. James & Mrs. Kim Zacharias 2 Anonymous

$500–999 Joan & Ed Alexander Peggy Bainard Acheson Bruce & Joyce Berry Donald & Edith Besant Suzi Bonk* Ron & Joan Boyd Ruth & Kris Breckman Margaret E. Clarke Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel John K. & Agnes Collins Dorothy Davidson Robert* & Florence Eastwood Nelma Fetterman Marcia Fleisher Chris Freeman Brent & Debbie Gilbert Teresa A. Hay Evelyn & Larry Hecht In memory of David Landy – Edith Landy Don Lawrence Dr. Stan & Susan Lipnowski Patrick & Clarice Matthews* Gerry & Corinne McCallum Dr. & Mrs. Donald McInnes Paul & Elaine Neelon E.M.L. Poulter Bill & Norma Rennie Amy Richmond Patricia & James Richtik Marc & Sherri Rittinger Michael T. Ruta Faye Scott Jim & Susan Shaw Howie & Sue Simpson Elaine Toms Unitarian Church Theatre Group 4 Anonymous

UP TO $499 Jacqueline Anderson Margaret & Charles Avent Armand & Judy Baccus Peggy Barker Ms. Jean Bissett Dr. John Bond H.F. Bowen Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Brent Trepel Jeanetta Casselman Betty & Bruce Catchpole Arthur & Donna Chow Christine H. Coltart Maxine Cristall Sharon Eadie Paulo Fernandes* Dr. & Mrs. D.D. & B.M. Fillis Lee Finch Elizabeth Foster Carole Giesbrecht

*Current Royal MTC Board of Trustees/Advisory Board members

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Sandy Gousseau* Karen Herd Mrs. Audrey Hilderman Dorothy Hodgson Camilla Holland† & Colin Viebrock Shawn Hughes* & Bruno Koehn Elizabeth E. Jackson Jordan Janisse & Teresa Cooper L. Kampeas Sheila & Ken Katz Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kisil Brenda* & Trevor Kriss Barbara Latocki Ms. Nancy Latocki Vi Leaney Frances Lemieux Marilyn Lindquist Sylvia L. Main Nick Martin & Dr. Evelyn Ferguson Keith Mayoh Anthony & Joyce McWha Marcel & Louise Mollot Marlene A. Mortimer Pat & Sherry O’Connor Theresa Oye Robb† & Heather Paterson Carolyn Porhownik Myrna Protosavage Bill & Heather Quinn Henry & Sheila Riendeau Andrea* & Michael Robertson Evan & Audra Roitenberg Joan Sheps Roslyn Silver Vern & Ann Simonsen Eleanor Suderman Brenda Taylor Peter & Sharon Taylor Marilyn Thompson Mary & Gordon Toombs W. Tretiak & B. Baydock Tim Valgardson* Judy* & Michael Wakefield Walter & Shirley Watts Donna Webb 7 Anonymous

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Supporting Partners CORE FUNDERS

SEASON PARTNERS

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE SEASON SPONSOR

PRODUCTION SUPPORTER

JOHN HIRSCH MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION SPONSOR

TOM HENDRY WAREHOUSE PRODUCTION SPONSOR Chipman Family Foundation

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Behind the Scenes Board of Trustees

Jamie Chapman, Kim Cossette, Hunter Davis, Rylen de Vries, Caroline Graham, Jonny Hall, Elfie Harvey, Talia Kowalchuk, Tia Levine, Graeme Olson, Jessica Olson, Kayla Parke-Wilson, Amariah Peterson, Angela Rajfur, Jennifer Schmidt, Rita Vande Vyvere, Kira Watson

Honorary Members

His Honour, Lt. Governor Philip S. Lee The Honourable Greg Selinger, Premier of Manitoba His Worship, Mayor Brian Bowman

Maintenance

Andrew Drinnan, Building Superintendent Chris Fletcher, Assistant Building Superintendent

Executive Officers

Jim McLandress, Chair Kerry Dangerfield, Past Chair David Carefoot, Treasurer Brenda Zaporzan, Secretary Suzi Bonk, Chair, Community Relations David Christie, Chair, Governance & Strategic Planning Patrick Green, Chair, Organizational Performance Anthony C. Fletcher, Chair, Resource Development Trustees

Heather Clarke Robert Eastwood Paulo Fernandes Sandy Gousseau Rita Gunn John Guttormson Advisory Council

Gary Hannaford, FCA, Chair Gail Asper Morley Blankstein Doneta Brotchie Angus Campbell Gerry Couture Hy Dashevsky Glen Dyrda, FCA John F. Fraser Jean Giguere

Marketing & Communications

Hayley Brigg, Publicity & Communications Coordinator Sue Caughlin, Marketing & Communications Manager Katie Inverarity, Director of Marketing & Communications Mark Saunders, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Thomas Urish, Sales Manager Paint

Shawn Hughes John Kearsey Brenda Kriss Evan Kuz Jeff Lamothe Andrea Robertson

Laurie A. Speers Tim J. Valgardson Judy Wakefield Richard L. Yaffe

Charron Hamilton Yude Henteleff Ken Houssin Gordon Keatch Colin R. MacArthur, QC Patrick J. Matthews Jeffrey Morton, FCA Hon. Jack Murta Lillian Neaman Shelley Nimchonok

James Pappas John Petersmeyer Lawrence Prout Jeff Quinton Patricia Rabson Margaret Redmond Susan Skinner Al Snyder Maureen Watchorn

Staff

Administration

Brian Adolph, IT Manager Jennifer Cheslock, Outreach Manager Devan Graham, Director of Human Resources Camilla Holland, General Manager Daphne MacMillan, Administrative Assistant Jennifer Skelly, IT Administrator

John Hirsch Mainstage Front-of-House

Deborah Gay-de Vries, Front-of-House Manager Assisted by: Sheena Baird

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Stage Crew

Arlo C. Bates, Acting Head of Sound John Bent Jr., Head of Sound Joan Lees-Miller, Head of Wardrobe Claude Robert, Head Electrician Chris Thomson, Head Carpenter John Tomiuk, House Stage Hand

Wardrobe

Thora Lamont, Acting Head of Wardrobe Lorraine O’Leary, Head of Wardrobe Lois Powne, First Hand Jackie Van Winkle, Head Buyer & Accessories Coordinator Wigs

Beverly Covert, Wigs & Makeup Supervisor Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival & Master Playwright Festival

Sheena Baird, Ticketing Services Manager Laurie Fletcher, Box Office Manager Melanie Sexton, Director of Box Office Services Box Office Representatives: Katie Adamson, Laura Bergen, Gwendolyn Collins, Robyn Pooley, Tori Popp, Jessica Ross, Katie Schmidt, Caitlin Turner, Elizabeth Whitbread

Michael Joyal, Development Assistant Stephanie Lambert, Special & Donor Events Coordinator Shelly Smith-Hines, Director of Development Heidi Struck, Individual Giving Manager

Larry Demedash, Senior Properties Builder Kari Hagness, Head of Properties James Sutherland, Properties Builder

Kim Cossette, Front-of-House Manager Jamie Chapman, Rachael Neal, April Smith, Chelsea Zacharias

Jeff Kennedy, Literary Coordinator Laurie Lam, Producer Robb Paterson, Associate Artistic Director Steven Schipper, CM, Artistic Director Casey Shapira, Archives Coordinator Melinda Tallin, Artistic Coordinator

Development

Properties

Tom Hendry Warehouse Front-of-House

Artistic

Louis Gagné, Layout Carpenter Brent Letain, Master Carpenter Chris Seida, Scenic Carpenter

Laura Enns, Touring & Production Coordinator Ian Kirk, Assistant Technical Director Paige Lewis, Assistant Production Manager Rick MacPherson, Technical Director, Tom Hendry Warehouse Russell Martin, Director of Production Jacqueline Robertson, Interim Assistant Technical Director Ben Ross, Technical Director, John Hirsch Mainstage

Randy Zyla Harder, Head Electrician Rick MacPherson, Technical Director Alison Nutt, Head Carpenter Lawrence Van Went, Head Scenic Artist Michael Wright, Head of Sound

Sharon Burden, Payroll Administrator Yvonne O’Connor, Accounts Payable Administrator Shelley Stroski, Controller

Carpentry

Production

Tom Hendry Warehouse

Accounting/Finance

Box Office

Susan Groff, Head Scenic Artist Lawrence Van Went, Scenic Artist

Jennifer Cheslock, Festival Manager Chuck McEwen, Executive Producer Tori Popp, Festival Assistant Honorary Staff

Zaz Bajon, General Manager Emeritus

Additional Production Staff The Woman in Black

Jane Buttner, Assistant Scenic Painter Jacko Garcia, Carpenter Joy Willis, Sewer Late Company

Kim Hamin, Assistant Scenic Artist Jonathan Kennedy, Stage Crew Paul Moore, Stage Crew Marty Rideout, Stage Crew Burkhard Weiss, Assistant Carpenter Joy Willis, Sewer Greg Wood, Stage Crew Additional crew provided by IATSE Local 63

Ovation

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